Salzburg

We started our day at Schloss Hellbrun. It has an expansive garden with mature trees, fountains, and pools of water. It’s also famous because of its gazebo which was used in the movie “The Sound of Music”.

After dancing about and singing, “I am Sixteen, Going on Seventeen...”, we took a walk through the gardens and from there got back in the car and made our way to Schloss Leopoldskron. The house is on private property, but we didn’t know. We asked the gardener, who answered in German and said it was private, but that we could take a few quick pictures!

The view of the mountain was beautiful and the house was too, but other pictures from across the lake turned out better. This was the house that was used in “The Sound of Music”, or at least for some shots.

We then went to the Abbey where “Maria” is first introduced in the movie, but it wasn’t much too interesting so we quickly moved on to the town.

Many streets in the old part of Salzburg are now pedestrian-only so it was a pleasure to stroll through and browse the shops. One shop had thousands of painted Easter eggs. It was really amazing, but I didn’t buy any because I didn’t think they’d make it back to Canada with without breaking.

We finished off our day in Salzburg with a visit to the Mirabell Gardens. They were still planting and many of the rose bushes and vines were not yet blooming. I would have liked to see it in another week or two.

We then drove a few hours to Vienna and found a place to spend the night. Looks like another busy day tomorrow!

CM